Dressing table



Apr. 1o, A1923? A1,451,201

; T. B. DRAPER DRESSING TABLE IFiled Sept. 7, 1920 2 sheets-sheet l mit l, Mining lllllllllllllllllll H i uflbtoffmaq Patented pr. 10, 1923.

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THOMAS' B. Daarna, or ronoNro, ONTARIO, CANADA.

DRESSING TABLE.,

Application filed September 7, 1920.l Serial No. 408,656.

,certain new and useiul Improvements in Dressing Tables, ofy which the ollowingis a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to a dressingl table,

l.and has special reference to that class of tables which has drawers, trays, and a movable table top which may be raised to expose a mirror or mirrors carried thereby.

My invention aims to4 provide a dressing table of the above class with novel means for counterbalancing the table top during its adjustment, and the inner wall of the table top is provided witha large gravity swinging mirror which automatically assumes an active position` after the table top clears the table body.

The construction by which I attain the above results willbe hereinafter described and then. claimed, and `reference will now be had to the drawings, wherein- Figure 1 isa perspectiveview of the dressinnr table with the top thereofA raised;

fig 2 is anl enlarged cross sectional' view of a portion of the dressing table showing the top in a raisedy position; f

Fig. 3 is an end view of the dressing table with the top `closed and the table partly brokengawayand partly in' section, and

Fig. 4 is an enlarged longitudinal sec Vtional view of a portion of the dressing table with the top in a raised position, showing the mirror in an active position by dot and dash lines. f

The dressing table hassuitable legs or supports 1 for a body composed of end walls 2, a rear wall 3 and a front wall 4. The walls 3 and 4 are connected by a plurality of transverse rails 5 and 6 and on the rails 5,

in proximity to the end walls 2, are transverse'partitions 7 cooperating with the end walls 2 in providing arm ways 8 open at the top and bottom thereof.

On the rails 6 are transverse partitions 9 connecting the front and rear walls of the tabley body and these transverse partitions are of less depth than the front and rear walls so as to support a cover 10 which forms the'bottom of a large central tray in the table body. The cover 10 also forms the top of a large drawer way for a drawer 11 slidable'on the confronting edges of the l rails 6 between the partitions9. The frontwall 4 iscut away to provide clearance for the top wall of the drawer 11.

Connecting the partitions'9 and 7 karecovers 12 set in a plane below the plane of the cover 10 so as to provide end trays in .the 4 table body. The covers 12 form the top walls of end'drawer ways for end drawers 13 slidable on the confronting ledges of rthe rails 5 and 6 between the'partitions 7 and 9. The frontwall 4 is also cutaway to provide clearance for the front walls of the drawers 13. i

Pivotally mounted in thearm ways by having the lower'lends thereof connected by coil retractlle springs 16 to the uppery ends vof: theJ rear legs or supports1 of the table. I

body. The upper or .outer ends of the arms a pivot 24 `for al large oblong mirror 25. The mirror is approximately the same area as the` table top 20 and the pivot 2,4 is eccentrically disposed or set off center, as best shown in Fig. 4, se that the mirror will be unbalanced when longitudinally aligning with the table top. Since the mirror 25 is supported in `spaced relation to the pivots 23, thecleats 22 are provided with liller blocks 26 to brace the rear wall of the mirror relative to the table 5.

`pins 14 or other pivotal means, are arms 15y Pivotally mounted in the arm ways 8, ad`

jacent the front wall4, are arms 27 having the upper or outer ends thereof pivotally connected, as at 28to the upper ends of the bracketsl, andwhen the table top is raised v and in an open position the arms 27 bearv against the lower ends of the brackets 18 and the rear edge of the table top bears against the arms 15, said arms having the outer or upper ends thereof angularly dis posed, as at 29, so that the table top will y its longitudinal axis is at a right angle or approximately so relative to the longitudinal axis ot the table top. rlhen again, by hanging the mirror off center it is possible to provide a mirror approximately the size oi a table top and to close the table top it is only necessary to partially rotate the mirror to place. it within the marginal edges of the table top, at which time the `table top can be lowered with the trays of the table body providing clearance for the mirror.

As the table topl is lowered the rear edge thereo't is carried rearwardlyT and consequently the spring 16, vat each end, ot' the table body, will be placed under tension, said springs constituting counterbalancing devices to prevent slamming or a sudden closing movement of the table top.

is clearly shownin Fig. 3 the arms 15 and 2l enter the arm ways 8 and it is practically impossible to detect that the table has a concealed mirror that may be used at will.

ln some instances l may set additional mirrors in the table top at the ends thereof;I and it is obvious that the table body and its legs or supports may be ot any desired de- To limit the opening movement of the large mirror and at the same.. time deiine its open position, the inner wall ot the table top may be provided with al stop 30, as best shown in Figs. 1 and 4.

ln lieu of the counterbalanced devices, l may resort toA friction of the arms 15 and 27 at their pivotal connections with the table body. For instance, these pivotal connections may be in the term ot screw bolts or members that may be tightened so that the arms 15 and 27 must be manually actuated.

ltr' hat l claim is 1. ln a dressing table having'drawers and trays, a table top normally closing said tray, means connecting` said table top to said table so that it may be raised to expose its inner wall, and mirror pivoted OH center on the inner wall of said table top to swing by gravity.

2. A dressing table as characterized in claim l wherein said means includes two arms at each end of the. table with one arm at each end ofl the tafble pivoted intermediate its ends and connected to a counterbalance device to prevent sudden closing ot said table top.

- 3. ln a dressing table, a table top, side brackets carried by said table top, arms pivoted in the ends of said table and lpivotally connected to said brackets and adapted tov carry the rear edge of said table top forwardly when said table top is raised,.springs connecting said arms to said table within the ends thereof and resisting a forward movement ot the lower ends ot said arms, and arms connecting said brackets to said table adjacent the front edge thereof and c-o operating with the iirst mentioned arms in causing the rear edge 'ot' said table top to move forward and the trent edge of the table top to move'rearward when said table top is raised, the arrangement of arms causing the table top when raised to assume a position at an acute angle to the central longitudinal plane ci' the table with the lower edge oit the table top in such plane.

e. A table comprising a body, a table top thereon adapted to be bodily liited from said body and placed in an elevated position at an acute angle to a longitudinal vertical plane oft the body, arms connecting the ends oit the table top to the ends ot the body at the trent edge thereof and adapted when lowered to carry the rear edge of the table top to the rear edge of the body, and arms connecting the table top to the body and against which arms the lower edge ot' the table top engages to cooperate with the first mentioned arms in holding the table top raised.

5. A table as in claim e, wherein the arms at each end of the table top are set in from the ends oi" said table top so that the lower edge of the table top may engage the last mentioned arms.

In testimony whereof l ailiX my signature .in presence of two witnesses.

THOMSB. DRA'PER.

Witnesses: v

KARL H. BUTLER, ANNA M. Donn. 

